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Practice Areas: |
Business & Commercial Law |
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| Area of Emphasis: |
Representing Corporate Entities & Partnerships
Buying & Selling Businesses & Real Estate |
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| Bar Admission: |
American Bar Association
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Bucks County Bar Association |
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| Education: |
La Salle College
Villanova University School of Law |
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| Direct Dial: |
(215) 579-7700
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| Email: |
Click Here to Email Francis J. Sullivan
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Francis J. Sullivan
is a partner of Hill
Wallack LLP. He is
partner-in-charge of the Business
& Commercial and Trusts &
Estates Practice Group.
Mr. Sullivan concentrates his
practice in the representation of
corporate entities and partnerships,
buying and selling businesses and
real estate, tax and regulatory
issues, as well as obtaining and
structuring financing to further his
clients' business needs, growth and
development. He frequently advises
clients on the planning, organizing,
restructuring and governance of new
and existing business entities,
including the documenting of the
relationship between and among the
business entity and its owners.
Mr. Sullivan also negotiates,
structures and drafts operating,
partnership and shareholder
agreements, agreements for
retirement and buy-outs of partners
and corporate owners as well as
generational succession planning. He
is also involved in commercial
litigation on behalf of his business
clients.
Mr. Sullivan's clients include
numerous family owned businesses and
partnerships as well as business
entities in various industries such
as automobile dealerships,
construction and related trades,
financial and mortgage companies,
home heating fuel oil entities,
professionals (medical, legal and
accounting), publishing companies
and many individuals residing
throughout Southeastern
Pennsylvania.
Mr. Sullivan is very active in
the legal profession and his
community. He is past president of
the Bucks County Bar Association and
is a current Vice President of the
Charitable Foundation of the Bucks
County Bar Association. He is a
member of the House of Delegates of
the Pennsylvania Bar Association, a
Life Time Fellow of the Pennsylvania
Bar Foundation and is a Hearing
Committee Member of the Pennsylvania
Disciplinary Board. He is a former
Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Trustee for the
United States Bankruptcy Court for
the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
and is a member of the Inns of Court
of Bucks County. Mr. Sullivan is
also actively involved in alumni
affairs of La Salle University in
Bucks County and is a former member
of the La Salle University Alumni
Board of Directors. Mr. Sullivan is
a past president of the Family
Service Association of Bucks County,
the largest non-profit social
service agency in Bucks County and
is currently secretary of the Board
of Directors and co-chair of its
Capital Campaign in connection with
the construction of Family Service
Association's new 30,000 sq. ft.
headquarters located in Langhorne,
PA.
Mr. Sullivan received a B.A. from
La Salle College in 1969 and
received his Law Degree from
Villanova University School of Law
in 1972. In 1987, he received a
Master of Laws in Taxation from
Villanova University School of Law
and in 2004 received a Certificate
in Estate Planning from the Graduate
Tax Division of Temple University
School of Law after completing a two
year night program at Temple Law
School. Mr. Sullivan is a member of
the American Bar Association, the
Pennsylvania Bar Association and the
Bucks County Bar Association.
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